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- From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
- Newsgroups: ba.singles
- Subject: Re: Advise needed
- Message-ID: <77207@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 18:03:43 GMT
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- DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes:
-
- >found out that finally
- >somebody *NORMAL* showed up in this group, and then realized that she is
- >flamed to death just because she doesnt want to date people who are over
- >weight.
- > And they say it's superficial. That's BS. When your gut (not really
- >your gut, it's about 5-6 inches below --your mileage may vary) doesnt feel
- >like dating certain kind of people, there is no way your intellectual brain
- >can convince that part of your anatomy to 'look beyond that and see through
- >the skull and appreciate the mind' and change its preference, period.
-
- [Setting aside the issue of whether Tina is a real newbie or not]
- Agreed -- if she had said it the way you did, she probably wouldn't have
- been flamed. But specifying "No fat people please" when one is invited to a
- party is flame bait.
-
- If someone posts reasons why they want to date only Caucasians, they might
- expect to be argued with, both politely and not. If someone is invited to
- a party and replies, "No Chinese people please," they should don asbestos
- underwear.
-
- --
- Stef C'mon Mike. Would the dolphins give up their
- stef@apple.com favorite sandwiches to save our butts? -- John Grimes
-